Wednesday, 30 March 2016

I've made no secret of the influence that Amir 'Sa'id' Said has had on thenewbeatmaker.com (see here and here). So it's with understandable excitement and commitment that I share the following press release:

Please act now folks! :)

Announcement: BeatTips Sales Drive and the BeatTips Music Series

Dear BeatTips Community,
Today kicks off a week-long sales drive of The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling. For more than 10 years, The BeatTips Manual
has been a beacon of music, business, and cultural knowledge, and it
has helped countless people in their pursuit of more skillful beatmaking
and a career in music. This has earned The BeatTips Manual
a reputation for being the most trusted name in beatmaking. And none
of this could not have been achieved without you, the BeatTips
community.

As an independent publisher, I’m entirely self-funded and I rely solely
on the good name that BeatTips has earned in the market place (as well
as pivotal relationships that I've developed) for all promotion. ‘The
BeatTips Manual’ sells well consistently each year, and I have always
sought to re-invest the bulk of sales revenue back into BeatTips.
Specifically, I have looked for ways to help members of the BeatTips
Community advance their music careers. In the past, this has meant
direct gear and recording grants. Now, I’ve created the BeatTips Music
Series, a series of music projects that will be produced exclusively by
members of the BeatTips Community. Over the next 12 months, I will
assemble at least two BeatTips Music Series projects; and I will
leverage the BeatTips brand, my good-faith name, and key relationships
that I've developed with music insiders and popular online music
publications to promote these projects. To be eligible for inclusion in
any upcoming BeatTips Music Series project, you must have purchased
either The BeatTips Manual or The Art of Sampling prior to your beat submission.

At this moment, I'm also in negotiations over my new book deal. In my
current deal, their are clauses that grant me marketing resources and
bonuses if I hit specific sales bench marks directly from BeatTips.com.
As it stands now, I need to sell 500 more copies of The BeatTips Manual or The Art of Sampling
(any format) this week to reach my goal. Therefore, I'm asking for
your help. If you're a regular BeatTips reader and you have not yet
bought The BeatTips Manual or The Art of Sampling please do so now. If you've bought The BeatTips Manual before, please consider buying The Art of Sampling; and if you've bought The Art of Sampling before, please consider buying The BeatTips Manual. If you've bought both books before, please consider one or both again as a gift for someone else.

To achieve my goal of establishing the BeatTips Music Series as a viable
pathway to a career in music for beatmakers/producers everywhere, and
to expand my book deal to allow me to better facilitate this goal,
please help me out with your support today.
Best Regards,
Sa'id